https://automaton-media.com/en/tag/indie-games/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Fri, 08 May 2026 09:13:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://automaton-media.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/cropped-automaton-sitelogo-120x120-1-32x32.png https://automaton-media.com/en/tag/indie-games/ 32 32 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japans-best-selling-sexy-demon-slaying-nun-action-rpg-sinisistar2-comes-to-steam-on-may-18-alongside-18-patch/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japans-best-selling-sexy-demon-slaying-nun-action-rpg-sinisistar2-comes-to-steam-on-may-18-alongside-18-patch/#respond Fri, 08 May 2026 09:11:59 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=66361 Developed by Uu and published by Sanuk and ErogeJapan, SiNiSistar2 is finally coming to Steam on May 16 this year. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japans-best-selling-sexy-demon-slaying-nun-action-rpg-sinisistar2-comes-to-steam-on-may-18-alongside-18-patch/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dlsites-parent-company-vivion-launches-new-indie-publishing-label-with-volcano-princess-devs-new-daughter-raising-sim-among-its-upcoming-titles/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dlsites-parent-company-vivion-launches-new-indie-publishing-label-with-volcano-princess-devs-new-daughter-raising-sim-among-its-upcoming-titles/#respond Fri, 08 May 2026 07:07:12 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=66345 On May 8, DLSite parent company viviON launched viviON Lab, its new game publishing label specializing in indie games.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/dlsites-parent-company-vivion-launches-new-indie-publishing-label-with-volcano-princess-devs-new-daughter-raising-sim-among-its-upcoming-titles/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/puke-or-be-puked-on-for-your-soul-russian-roulette-drinking-game-drunken-goddess-reflux-gets-over-200000-wishlists-on-steam/ https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/puke-or-be-puked-on-for-your-soul-russian-roulette-drinking-game-drunken-goddess-reflux-gets-over-200000-wishlists-on-steam/#respond Fri, 08 May 2026 05:15:31 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=66339 Publisher Alliance Arts announced that their upcoming game Drunken Goddess Reflux had reached over 200,000 Steam Wishlists.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/indie-games/puke-or-be-puked-on-for-your-soul-russian-roulette-drinking-game-drunken-goddess-reflux-gets-over-200000-wishlists-on-steam/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-atmospheric-liminal-space-exploration-game-tokyo-stories-returns-to-new-phase-of-development-with-new-publisher-and-over-50000-steam-wishlists/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-atmospheric-liminal-space-exploration-game-tokyo-stories-returns-to-new-phase-of-development-with-new-publisher-and-over-50000-steam-wishlists/#respond Fri, 08 May 2026 03:42:56 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=66326 Developer Drecom's Tokyo Stories will be published by Happinet for Steam. A new release date for the game is yet to be determined. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-atmospheric-liminal-space-exploration-game-tokyo-stories-returns-to-new-phase-of-development-with-new-publisher-and-over-50000-steam-wishlists/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hololives-indie-publishing-label-comes-back-with-new-triannual-game-submission-format-following-two-month-hiatus/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hololives-indie-publishing-label-comes-back-with-new-triannual-game-submission-format-following-two-month-hiatus/#respond Fri, 01 May 2026 09:08:21 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=66093 Indie publishing label holo Indie announces resumption of activities with a new, revised submission system for hololive-inspired games.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/hololives-indie-publishing-label-comes-back-with-new-triannual-game-submission-format-following-two-month-hiatus/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/jirai-kei-yuri-visual-novel-menhera-maiden-puts-you-at-the-mercy-of-three-landmine-girls-as-an-international-student-researching-japanese-culture/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/jirai-kei-yuri-visual-novel-menhera-maiden-puts-you-at-the-mercy-of-three-landmine-girls-as-an-international-student-researching-japanese-culture/#comments Fri, 01 May 2026 02:41:59 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=66016 Menhera Maiden, the debut title from developer MOONHERA, is a yuri romance where all the heroines are jirai-kei menhera girls. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/jirai-kei-yuri-visual-novel-menhera-maiden-puts-you-at-the-mercy-of-three-landmine-girls-as-an-international-student-researching-japanese-culture/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-psychological-horror-visual-novel-lets-you-step-into-the-role-of-a-teacher-visiting-the-homes-of-mentally-unstable-hikikomori-girls-in-your-class/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-psychological-horror-visual-novel-lets-you-step-into-the-role-of-a-teacher-visiting-the-homes-of-mentally-unstable-hikikomori-girls-in-your-class/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65932 The psychological horror visual novel Spring at Dawn, I Am a Monster is set to be released on Steam sometime later this year.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-psychological-horror-visual-novel-lets-you-step-into-the-role-of-a-teacher-visiting-the-homes-of-mentally-unstable-hikikomori-girls-in-your-class/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/fate-grand-order-and-dissidia-final-fantasy-veterans-new-roguelite-card-game-forces-you-into-a-high-speed-death-game-ritual-performed-by-13-witches/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/fate-grand-order-and-dissidia-final-fantasy-veterans-new-roguelite-card-game-forces-you-into-a-high-speed-death-game-ritual-performed-by-13-witches/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:45:26 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65953 Lunar Pulse, a new title developed by Yosuke Shiokawa's studio 213℉ is set to release in 2027 for PC (Steam).]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/fate-grand-order-and-dissidia-final-fantasy-veterans-new-roguelite-card-game-forces-you-into-a-high-speed-death-game-ritual-performed-by-13-witches/feed/ 1 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/developers-of-overwhelmingly-positive-android-repair-cyberpunk-steam-game-d1al-ogue-urgently-looking-for-crowdfunding-platform-due-to-lack-of-funds-for-upcoming-sequel/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/developers-of-overwhelmingly-positive-android-repair-cyberpunk-steam-game-d1al-ogue-urgently-looking-for-crowdfunding-platform-due-to-lack-of-funds-for-upcoming-sequel/#respond Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:22:47 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65876 In a recent update, D1AL-ogue development studio Cherry Picker shed some light on the current status of the previously announced sequel.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/developers-of-overwhelmingly-positive-android-repair-cyberpunk-steam-game-d1al-ogue-urgently-looking-for-crowdfunding-platform-due-to-lack-of-funds-for-upcoming-sequel/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/yume-nikki-inspired-dark-fantasy-exploration-adventure-alice-in-wonder-underland-aiwu-launches-today-on-switch-and-steam/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/yume-nikki-inspired-dark-fantasy-exploration-adventure-alice-in-wonder-underland-aiwu-launches-today-on-switch-and-steam/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65671 Japanese hand-drawn surreal exploration game released worldwide on Nintendo Switch and Steam. ]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/yume-nikki-inspired-dark-fantasy-exploration-adventure-alice-in-wonder-underland-aiwu-launches-today-on-switch-and-steam/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/creator-of-otaku-schoolgirl-visual-novel-girlfailure-art-club-launches-fanclub-to-fund-development-several-million-yen-needed-to-support-localization-voice-acting-and-more-content/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/creator-of-otaku-schoolgirl-visual-novel-girlfailure-art-club-launches-fanclub-to-fund-development-several-million-yen-needed-to-support-localization-voice-acting-and-more-content/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:55:29 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65530 Uka Todoki announces the launch of an official development blog for Girlfailure Art Club in order to collect funds for producing the project.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/creator-of-otaku-schoolgirl-visual-novel-girlfailure-art-club-launches-fanclub-to-fund-development-several-million-yen-needed-to-support-localization-voice-acting-and-more-content/feed/ 0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-youtuber-shares-first-self-made-prototype-as-he-learns-game-dev-to-salvage-troubled-320k-crowdfunded-project-after-3-year-development-limbo/ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-youtuber-shares-first-self-made-prototype-as-he-learns-game-dev-to-salvage-troubled-320k-crowdfunded-project-after-3-year-development-limbo/#respond Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:00:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=65265 Japanese Youtuber Narunii The Lore Knight shares a self-made mock up of his troubled $320k crowdfunded dream project Chikai no Fuchi.]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/japanese-youtuber-shares-first-self-made-prototype-as-he-learns-game-dev-to-salvage-troubled-320k-crowdfunded-project-after-3-year-development-limbo/feed/ 0